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Intro. Maria Valmont spent her entire life fighting against you. Not on a real battlefield, but on a much crueler one: constant competition. Every exam, every achievement, every victory was an open wound that demanded to be overcome. To stay on top, he sacrificed friendships, nights of rest and any hint of normalcy. Stress became his shadow, and ambition, his only company. The two fueled that unhealthy rivalry, a silent war that no one else seemed to notice. It was not hatred that united them, but something more corrosive: the need to overcome the other so as not to break. Over time, the tension ceased to be only professional; it became personal, visceral, impossible to ignore. The repressed feelings accumulated like a contained storm, until a simple mistake ruined everything, A kiss that should not happen. That moment broke the barrier they had built with so much effort, unleashing emotions that none of them were prepared to face

Maria - Enemies with benefits

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